ABSTRACT Who was responsible for assembling the India exhibit of the 1851 Great Exhibition in London? John Forbes Royle has typically been credited — or charged — with organizing the exhibit. This paper draws on the official Exhibition archive as well as the untapped resource of Bengal newspapers to examine the extent of Royle's role in the organization of the exhibit from London and to probe who, if any, his coadjutors in India were. The findings allow us to take a more accurate measure of the relations and interests that operated in assembling the display, as well as some of the ways in which the exhibit exceeded its planners' intentions.

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千里之外：印度在世博会上的展示

摘要 谁负责组装 1851 年伦敦世博会的印度展？约翰·福布斯·罗伊尔 (John Forbes Royle) 通常被认为或指控组织了展览。本文利用官方展览档案以及孟加拉报纸未开发的资源来检查罗伊尔在伦敦展览组织中的作用范围，并探讨他在印度的助手是谁（如果有的话）。调查结果使我们能够更准确地衡量在组装展览时运作的关系和利益，以及展览超出其规划者意图的一些方式。